Unit 1: Life stories we admire

Medicine (n)

• a substance, especially in the form of a liquid or a pill, that is a treatment for illness or injury.

• the science dealing with the preserving of health and with preventing and treating disease or injury

Volunteer (v)

to offer to do something that you do not have to do, often without having been asked to do it and/or without expecting payment

Resistance war (n)

Cuộc kháng chiến

Account (n)

a written or spoken description or record of an event

Enemy (n)

a person who hates or opposes another person and tries to harm them or stop them from doing something

Soldier (n)

a person who is in an army and wears its uniform, especially someone who fights when there is a war

Surgeon (n)

a doctor who is specially trained to perform medical operations

Diary (n)

a book in which you record your thoughts or feelings or what has happened each day

Devote (v)

• Devote something to something/someone

to give all of something, especially your time, effort, or love, or yourself, to something you believe in or to a person

Field hospital (n)

Bệnh viện dã chiến

Operate on (v)

Phẫu thuật

Impressive (a)

If an object or achievement is impressive, you admire or respect it, usually because it is special, important, or very large

Translate (v)

to change words into a different language

Base on (v)

Dựa vào

Achievement (n)

something very good and difficult that you have succeeded in doing

Phonograph = Record player (n)

Máy quay đĩa

Invention (n)

something newly designed or created, or the activity of designing or creating new things

Admire for (v)

to respect and approve of someone or their behaviour

Childhood (n)

the time when someone is a child

Marriage (n)

a legally accepted relationship between two people in which they live together, or the official ceremony that results in this

Attend (v)

to go officially and usually regularly to a place

Apply to + N(nơi/người nhận) (v)

to request something, usually officially, especially in writing or by sending in a form

Successful (a)

achieving the results wanted or hoped for

Take care of someone/something

to protect someone or something and provide the things that that person or thing needs

Army (n)

a military force, usually belonging to a country, that has the training and equipment to fight on land

Blow (v)

to make a sound by forcing air out of your mouth and through an instrument, or to make a sound when someone does this

Fireplace (n)

a space in the wall of a room for a fire to burn in, or the decorated part that surrounds this space

Documentary (n)

a film or television or radio programme that gives facts and information about a subject

Famous for something (a)

known and recognized by many people because of a particular feature

Biological (a)

connected with the natural processes of living things

Give up (v)

to stop doing something before you have finished it, usually because it is too difficult

Adoption (n)

the act of legally taking a child to be taken care of as your own

Bond (n)

a close connection joining two or more people

Drop out (of) (v)

not to do something that you were going to do, or to stop doing something before you have completely finished

Accessible to (a)

able to be reached or easily obtained

Cutting-edge (a)

very modern and with all the newest features

Animated (a)

Animated films, drawings, models, etc. are ones that are photographed or created by a computer and shown in a way that makes them move

Blockbuster (n)

a book or film that is extremely successful

Diagnose (v)

to recognize and name the exact character of a disease or a problem, by examining it

Pancreatic (a)

Thuộc tuyến tuỵ

Cancer (n)

a serious disease that is caused when cells in the body grow in a way that is uncontrolled and not normal, killing normal cells and often causing death

Genius (n)

very great and rare natural ability or skill, especially in a particular area such as science or art, or a person who has this

Military (a)

relating to or belonging to the armed forces

Communist Party of Vietnam

Đảng Cộng Sản Việt Nam

Battle (n)

a fight between armed forces

Attack (n)

to try to hurt or defeat using violence

Pass away (v)

Die

Prison (n)

a building where criminals are forced to live as a punishment

Tourist attraction (n)

a place that people visit for pleasure and interest, usually while they are on holiday

Filmmaker (n)

someone who is in charge of making a film

Poetry (n)

poems in general as a form of literature

Poem (n)

a piece of writing in which the words are arranged in separate lines, often ending in rhyme, and are chosen for their sound and for the images and ideas they suggest

Rule (v)

to control or be the person in charge of something such as a country

Defeat (v)

to win against someone in a fight, war, or competition

Ambitiuos (a)

having a strong wish to be successful, powerful, or rich

Dedicated to something (a)

believing that something is very important and giving a lot of time and energy to it

Determination (n)

the ability to continue trying to do something, although it is very difficult

Innovation (n)

a new idea or method

Independent (a)

not influenced or controlled in any way by other people, events, or things

Expand (v)

to increase in size, number, or importance, or to make something increase in this way

be over the moon with/about (idiom)

to be very pleased

Take part in (v)

to be actively involved in something with other people

on the top of the world (idiom)

extremely happy

Inspiring (a)

encouraging, or making you feel you want to do something

Ancient (a)

of or from a long time ago, having lasted for a very long time

Respect for (v)

to feel or show admiration for someone or something that you believe has good ideas or qualities